Intro to Research Methods

Lectures

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WAYS OF KNOWING
ERRORS IN THE PROCESS OF HUMAN INQUIRY
OVERVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
SCIENTIFIC PROCESS OF INQUIRY
GENERAL STEPS IN RESEARCH DESIGN
CONCEPTUALIZATION AND OPERATIONALIZATION
SELECTING SAMPLES
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SAMPLING PROBABILITY THEORY
SELECTING SAMPLES (CONTINUED)
COMPARISON BETWEEN QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE METHODS
OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE METHODS
OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGN
PRODUCTS OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
OVERVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS
OVERVIEW OF STEPS INVOLVED IN QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
OVERVIEW OF TYPES OF QUANTITATIVE METHODS
OPERATIONALIZATION -- LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
DESCRIBING DATA
CONTENT ANALYSIS
STATISTICS USED WITH CONTENT ANALYSIS
PURPOSE AND LOGIC OF EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
FACTORIAL DESIGNS
OVERVIEW OF STATISTICS USED WITH EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
BRIEF SUMMARY OF Z-TESTS
T-TEST
F-TEST
SURVEY RESEARCH
STATISTICS USED WITH SURVEYS
CORRELATION
REGRESSION
ETHICAL CONCERNS